Improvement in horseshoes



LQQCHASE.

HORSESHOES.

Patented Dec. 12,1875.

LUOIUS o. CHASE, oF BosroN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 185,296, datedDecember 12, 1876; application filed October 19, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUGIUs O. CHASE, of Boston, in the county of Suflblkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inHorseshoes, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa horse shoe having my improvements applied thereto; Figs. 2, 3, 4. and5, sections through the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of thecalks detached.

My present invention relates particularly to that class of horseshoesprovided with calks, which may be readily removed and re placed whilethe shoe is on the foot and consists in a method of securing the call:to the shoe by spreading or forcing the metal of the shoe into a recessformed in the calk, the depth of the recess and the amount of the metalforced therein not being so great as to prevent the removal of the calkby driving a wedge thereunder.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a horseshoe provided with a toe-calk,B, and two heel-calks, C D. The toe-call: B is longer than either of theheel-calks, and is provided with two studs or starts, a, which fit intocorresponding holes I) in the shoe. On the ontsideof each end of thecall: is formed a recess, 0, Fig. 6, into which is forced, by a hammeror other tool, a small portion of the metal of a curved or semicircularprojection, (1, formed in one and the same piece with the shoe, andextending around the end of the calk. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

The depth of the recess 0 is only very slight, so as to receive anamount of the projection 61 only sufficient to insure the call: beingheld 4 and retained in place when subjected to ordinary use, care beingnecessary not to have too much metal forced into a recess of such sizeas would preclude the removal of the calk, when worn out or broken, tosubstitute a new one therefor.

The removal of a call; while the shoe is on the horses foot may bereadily effected by inserting 'a wedge between the calk and the shoe,an'aperture, 7, for this purpose being formed by having the uppersurface of the calk between two starts located a short distance from theflat portion of the shoe contiguous thereto.

e is a brace formed on the inner side of the toe of the shoe, in one andthe same piece therewith, for re-enforcing or preventing the toe-call:from being accidentally bent, the inner surface of the calk bearingsnugly against said brace.

In addition to the recesses c c in the calks, each start may be providedwith a recess, h, of slight depth, formed a short distance from therecess 0, by which means, if the projections d be destroyed by accidentor wear, the metal of the fiat portion of the shoe may be spreadtherein, (see Fig. 3,) in either case the spreading of the metal beingperformed in an extremely simple and expeditious manner by theemployment of a hammer or other too close at hand.

The heel-call: G is similar to the toe-call: B, though not so long, andnot re-enforced by a brace, and is secured in place and removed in thesame manner. The other hcel-calk, l), is provided with but one start,and is prevented from turning by a rectangular projection or raisedportion, 1', of the shoe. a recess, it, in the inclined face I of thecalk being formed for the reception of a small portion of the projectioni, which is driven or spread therein, to secure the calk in place in amanner previously described, and, in the event of this projection 41becoming worn away or 'destroyed, the flat portion of the shoe maybespread, as before explained, into a recess, m, formed in the start.

Instead of a semicircular projection around each end of the calks B G, aprojection of Other suitable form may be employed, and extend to anydesired distance around the end or at the sides of the calk, and acouple of teats or projections may be substituted for a continuonsprojection, 02, Without departing from the Witnessmy hand this 13th dayof October,

spirit of my invention. A. D. 1876.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

' LUCIUS C. CHASE. A horseshoe-call; having a recess 111 it, in

combination with a horseshoe having a mm In presence oftion of its metalforced into said recess to hold P. E. TESGHEMAOEER, the calk, to preventvertical withdrawal, sub- N. W. STEARNS.

stantially as set forth.

